Umbrella-support



(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 1.

M. LIGHT.

UMBRELLA SUPPORT.

No. 504,843. Patented Sept. 12, 1893.

Z J ZeZW-Inz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MELVEN LIGHT, OF SHELDON, ILLINOIS.

UMBRELLA-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,848, datedSeptember 12, 1893.

Application filed February 15, 1893. Serial No. 462,477. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MELVEN LIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sheldon, in the county of Iroquois and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Shade, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicleshades or tops to be usedin light carts, spring carts, road-wagons, &c.; the objects in viewbeing to provide a cheap, simple and convenient attachment adapted tosupport in an adjustable and convenient manner an umbrella designed toserve as a canopy or top.

With these various objects in view the invention consists in certainfeatures of construction hereinafter specified and particularly pointedout in the claim.

Referring to the drawings:-Figure 1 is a side elevation of ashade-attachment constructed in accordance with myinvention, the samebeing shown applied to a wagon-seat and the latter shown incross-section. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of theshade. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clamp upon the under side ofthe seat for supporting the shade-standard. Fig. 4 is a similar View ofthe clamp for adj ustably connecting the shade to the curved standard.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 designates the seat of any ordinary vehicle, and to the under side ofthe same there is secured a clamp. In this instance the clamp consistsof a circular split body-portion 2, the meeting edges of which areprovided with perforated lugs 3 arranged in pairs and connected by meansof clampingscrews 4. Securing-plates 5 are formed upon the upper side ofthe body-portion and-by means of bolts 6 are secured to the under sideof the seat.

Secured within the body-portion by means of the clamping-bolts 4 is acurved standard 7, the same extending rearwardly from the under side ofthe seat and over the seat. This standard 7 may be constructed of anysuitable material, but it is preferably formed of gas-pipe.

Mounted for movement upon the curved standard 7 is a casting S, the sameconsisting of a split body-portion 9 having a pair of oppositeperforated lugs 10 which are connected by means of a clampingscrew 11,and it further consists in a depending socket 12, which receives theupper or ferrule end of the umbrella-staff or stick.

13 designates the umbrella-staff or stick, and like the standard 7,maybe of gas-piping if desired. The staff or stick has its upper endsecured within the socket 12 of the casting 8, and has mounted thereuponbelow the socket the umbrella,which, as usual, consists of the cover 14,ribs 15, braces 16, and ring 17. The lower end of the stick 13 isbifurcated, as indicated at 18, and in the same is pivoted the upper endof the handle 19, as indicated at 20. This completes the construction ofthe device, and its operation, though apparent, may be briefly describedas followsz-It will be seen that through the medium of theclamping-casting upon the under side of the seat the device may bereadily applied or removed from its position, and when in position byloosening the clamping-screw 11 of the casting 8 the umbrella as a wholemay be swung either to the front or rear, thus serving to oppose abeating rain, the rays of the sun, &c., and protect the person occupyingthe seat. The stick 13 is provided above its joint with a projecting-pin21, and by moving the ring 18 upward upon the stick above the joint 20it will be seen that the handle 19 may be swung at a right angle to thestick, and the ring being released will descend and bear upon the handleat each side of the joint, whereby the ring becomes locked in anelevated position and consequently the umbrella spread or opened. Vihenopened the umbrella may be swung laterally by loosening and retighteningthe clamping-screw or bolt 11. hen it is desired to lower the umbrellathe ring is elevated until it comes in contact with the stoppin, whichwill permit of a lowering of the free end of the handle, or in otherwords permit the handle to be swung into vertical alignment with thestick, so that the ring may slide down over the handle and thus theumbrella be closed.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it will be seen that I have provided a simple and cheapumbrella-attachment for seats of vehicles of various kinds, whichattachment is so arranged and constructed as to permit of its readyremoval or application, and of a universal adjustment of the umbrella.

Having described my invention, what I claim is The combination with theseat, the bowed securing plates located under and secured to the seat,the split clamp 2 connecting the same and provided at its meeting edgeswith pairs of perforated lugs, and clamping-screws passed through andconnecting the lugs, of the continuously curved standard secured withinthe clamp, the split clamp 9 mounted upon the curved standard andprovided with I 5 a pair of perforated lugs having a clamping screw andupon its under side with a depending socket, and an umbrella having itsupper end or tip secured in said socket, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MELVEN LIGHT.

lVitnesses:

J. W. SARJENT, C. E. ANDERSON.

